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farming that growers must depend on exceptional earliness 

 or excellence if they hope to secure high prices. 



Early Potatoes. 

 Contrary to the expectation last month early potatoes do 

 not now promise to be a full crop. Very few have been dug 

 as yet. The shortness in yield is probably due to the 

 drought of the early i)art of the season. There is some 

 complaint of blight and rot, and in the south-eastern coun- 

 ties white grubs are reported as attacking the tubers. Prices 

 are generally spoken of as low and often as lower than ever 

 before. 



Fruits. 

 Apples generally promise a good crop of good fruit. As 

 heretofore indicated there will be very few pears and prac- 

 tically no peaches. Quinces will also generally be a light 

 crop and there is some complaint of blight. Grapes promise 

 a full crop, many speaking of them as unusually good. The 

 cranberry crop will be good, the reports from the region of 

 commercial production being favorable. There is some com- 

 plaint of injury to bogs from the army worm. 



Pasturage. 

 The frequent rains during July have kept pastures in good 

 condition in most sections. In the western counties, where 

 last month the condition was most precarious, correspond- 

 ents now almost unanimously report the condition as good. 

 Most reports of poor condition come from eastern and south- 

 eastern sections. 



Grain Crops. 

 Rye, oats and barley are all good average crops, many 

 speaking of them as excellent. Barley is but little grown 

 except for fodder, and probably more oats are cut for fodder 

 than are allowed to mature the grain. 



